Classic Trains

CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN RAILROADING – WHEN GIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, COLORFUL DIESELS AND STEAMLINERS SHARED THE RAILS. CLASSIC TRAINS COVERS THE 1930’S THROUGH THE 1970’S WITH REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHY, DETAILED REPORTING AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE GREAT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS.

Growing up Alco

Classic Trains

Head End • A potpourri of railroad history, then and now

Montreal RSC24 diesel locomotives • Conceived of cannibalism, these diminutive diesels served more than a decade

Reviews

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KALMBACH HOBBY STORE • From KalmbachHobbyStore.com or call 877-243-4904

OBITUARY

OBITUARY

Boston & Albany’s J2 Hudsons

Fast Mail • Letters from readers on our Fall 2023 issue

Knoxville 1975 steam summit • A first-time attendee makes lasting memories at an NRHS convention

Pike’s Peak in the sun

Between the lines

Delaware & Hudson STEAM remembered • ANTHRACITE COAL LED TO SOME UNIQUE DESIGNS

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN IN COLOR • IN EARLY 2023, KCS BECAME THE LATEST FALLEN FLAG TO REMEMBER

Soo Line study at Sussex

A Mid-20th Century Phenomenon • FROM TROLLEY CARS TO ELECTRO-MOTIVE SDS, ILLINOIS TERMINAL LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON THIS PHOTOGRAPHER

Car Stop

Death of Zephyr 9901, Dec. 19, 1944

Arizona’s Apache Railway

Illinois Central’s City of Miami • Carrier coordination was key for this Chicago-Miami service

Gotcha! • I was qualified to go 100 mph here, but not to go 40 mph there

For Alcos, head northeast • The greatest concentration of Alco units is still near their birthplace

The Queen City’s new station